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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 164
  • Number 12
  • December 2007

In This Issue

Editorial

Commentary

Images in Neuroscience

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 December 2007

Pages1791–1802

Objective: This study evaluated the effects of cognitive remediation for improving cognitive performance, symptoms, and psychosocial functioning in schizophrenia. Method: A meta-analysis was conducted of 26 randomized, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07060906

Introspections

Treatment in Psychiatry

Clinical Case Conference

Article

Publication date: 01 December 2007

Pages1817–1824

Objective: This study estimated the risk of recurrence of mood episodes among women with a history of bipolar disorder who continued or discontinued treatment with mood stabilizers during pregnancy. Method: In a prospective ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06101639

Publication date: 01 December 2007

Pages1825–1831

Objective: This study compared the ways in which psychiatrists and nonpsychiatrists interpret the relationship between religion/spirituality and health and address religion/spirituality issues in the clinical encounter. Method: ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06122088

Publication date: 01 December 2007

Pages1832–1841

Objective: The authors sought to test the hypothesis that in patients with borderline personality disorder, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and associated regions would not be activated during a task requiring motor inhibition in the setting ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06010126

Publication date: 01 December 2007

Pages1842–1849

Objective: Individuals with anorexia nervosa are known to be ascetic and able to sustain self-denial of food as well as most comforts and pleasures in life. Building on previous findings of altered striatal dopamine binding in anorexia nervosa, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07040575

Publication date: 01 December 2007

Pages1850–1857

Objective: The brain regions that are critically involved in the pathophysiology of anorexia nervosa have not been clearly elucidated. Moreover, decrease in cerebral tissue during extreme malnutrition has been demonstrated repeatedly in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06111861

Publication date: 01 December 2007

Pages1858–1865

Objective: The serotonin transporter (5-HTT) is a key target for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and may be involved in the pathophysiology of major depression. It is now possible to image 5-HTT directly in the human brain, but results ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06111933

Publication date: 01 December 2007

Pages1866–1872

Objective: One of the most important controversies regarding depressive personality disorder is the overlap with mood disorders. The aim of this study was to estimate the genetic and environmental sources of covariance between depressive ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07010045

Publication date: 01 December 2007

Pages1873–1880

Objective: Pupil dilation provides a quantitative index of the temporal pattern of brain reactivity to emotional stimuli. Previous reports indicate that depressed adults show sustained pupil dilation to emotional words, but this phenomenon has ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06111816

Publication date: 01 December 2007

Pages1881–1889

Objective: Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ( 1 H-MRS) has been increasingly used to examine striatal neurochemistry in adult major depressive disorder. This study extends the use of this modality to pediatric major ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06122032

Publication date: 01 December 2007

Pages1890–1899

Objective: Factors underlying progressive brain volume changes in schizophrenia remain poorly understood. The authors investigated whether a gene polymorphism influencing neuroplasticity may contribute to longitudinal brain volume alterations. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.05111903

Publication date: 01 December 2007

Pages1900–1906

Objective: Endophenotypes have been proposed to identify the genetic and biological substrates of complex disorders. Three physiological inhibitory endophenotypes of large effect size in schizophrenia include suppression of P50 auditory evoked ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06010017

Letters to the Editor

Corrections

Book Forum

Books Received

Annual Author Index

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